Maughanasilly Stone Row
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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Maughanasilly Stone Row
| native_name = Galláin Fhearann Mhacha na Sailí
| native_language = ga
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| elevation = {{Convert|122|m|abbr=on}}
| locmapin = Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|51.770430|N|9.386835|W|display=inline,title}}
| location = Maughanasilly, Kealkill,
County Cork, Ireland
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| built = c. 1600–1500 BC
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| type = stone row
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| designation1 = National Monument of Ireland
| designation1_offname = Maughanasilly Stone Row
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Maughanasilly Stone Row is a stone row and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9wXAQAAIAAJ&q=Maughanasilly|title=Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature|date=9 November 1988|publisher=The Academy|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erJWAAAAMAAJ&q=Maughanasilly|title=Man and environment in South-West Ireland, 4000 B.C.-A.D. 800: a study of man's impact on the development of soil and vegetation|first=Ann|last=Lynch|date=9 November 1981|publisher=B.A.R.|isbn=9780860541127|via=Google Books}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9JPAQAAIAAJ&q=Maughanasilly|title=The Quaternary history of Ireland|date=9 November 1985|publisher=|isbn=9780122327308|via=Google Books|last1=Edwards|first1=Kevin J.|last2=Warren|first2=William P.}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1o8iAQAAIAAJ&q=Maughanasilly|title=County Clare studies: essays in memory of Gerald O'Connell, Seán Ó Murchadha, Thomas Coffey and Pat Flynn|first1=Ciarán Ó|last1=Murchadha|first2=Clare Archaeological and Historical|last2=Society|date=9 November 2017|publisher=Clare Archaeological and Historical Society|isbn=9780953936311|via=Google Books}}
Location
The stone row is located to the northeast of Lough Atooreen, on the eastern slopes of Knockbreteen, {{Convert|2.3|km|abbr=on}} north of Kealkill. Another stone circle is at Illane, {{Convert|1.1|km|abbr=on}} NNE of Maughanasilly.{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/975/maughanasilly_stone_row_or_alignment.htm|title=megalithomania: Maughanasilly (Cork) :: Stone Row or Alignment :: Visit notes|website=www.megalithomania.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/CORK/Maughnasilly_StoneRow.html|title=MAUGHNASILLY STONE ROW/MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS OF IRELAND.COM|last=Pip|website=www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com}}
History
Maughanasilly Stone Row was erected during the Bronze Age, c. 1600–1500 BC, making it contemporary with the Indo-Aryan migrations and the rise of Shang China, the New Kingdom of Egypt and Mycenaean Greece. It was used for archaeoastronomical purposes, for making observations of lunar standstills and equinoxes.{{cite web|url=https://roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/maughanasilly-stone-row/|title=Maughanasilly Stone Row - Roaringwater Journal|website=roaringwaterjournal.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt0Va7OotD4C&q=Maughanasilly&pg=PA206|title=Archaeoastronomy in the Old World|first=D. C.|last=Heggie|date=5 August 1982|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521247344|via=Google Books}}
It was excavated in 1977 by Ann Lynch.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rwRDAAAQBAJ&q=Maughanasilly&pg=PA1060|title=A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland|first1=Theodore William|last1=Moody|first2=Francis X.|last2=Martin|first3=Francis John|last3=Byrne|first4=Art|last4=Cosgrove|date=9 November 1976|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198217374|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://ancientstones.blogspot.ie/2014/03/a-return-to-maughanasilly-and-kealkill.html|title=A return to Maughanasilly and Kealkill|website=ancientstones.blogspot.ie}} Shallow pits were found with quartz pebbles scattered around. Two flint scrapers were also found.{{cite web|url=http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2595/maughanasilly.html#fieldnotes|title=Maughanasilly|website=www.themodernantiquarian.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEZmAAAAMAAJ&q=Maughanasilly|title=Stone rows and standing stones: Britain, Ireland and Brittany|first1=Alexander|last1=Thom|first2=Archibald Stevenson|last2=Thom|first3=Aubrey|last3=Burl|date=31 December 1990|publisher=B.A.R.|isbn=9780860547082|via=Google Books}}
Description
There are five standing stones and one prostrate stone, aligned approximate NE-SW.{{cite web|url=http://www.mega-what.com/sites/Maughanasilly/index.html|title=Maughanasilly Stone Row ~ mega-what.com Ancient Sacred Places|first=Mike|last=Wilson|website=www.mega-what.com}} The tallest stone is {{Convert|1.35|m|abbr=on}} high and weighs about 8 tonnes.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstones.org/place.aspx?p=1022|title=Maughanasilly|website=www.irishstones.org}}